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BEST’s safety drive collides with Mumbai’s stubborn bus-crash problem
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BEST will face renewed scrutiny unless the safety drive produces fewer fatal crashes quickly.

This is a public-safety story with a clear accountability question: why do repeated training drives not translate into fewer deaths?

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This is a public-safety story with a clear accountability question: why do repeated training drives not translate into fewer deaths?

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BEST’s Dindoshi training centre is showing accident footage to new and returning drivers as part of a three-day safety drive for 5,200 contract drivers on 2,553 wet-lease buses. The push follows fresh deaths, including a BMC worker killed near Mulund check naka after a route 512 bus hit her. BEST logged 24 accident deaths in 2024-25 and 24 again in 2025-26, with more than 19 accidents in three months and four fatal.

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BEST’s safety drive collides with Mumbai’s stubborn bus-crash problem

Mumbai’s transport body is training 5,200 contract drivers after another fatality, but the accident tally remains stubbornly high.

Indian Express·1h ago
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